State v. Wallace

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a dismissal of a petition for postconviction relief without an evidentiary hearing.

On February 29, 1975, the petitioner, Steve Wallace, was indicted by the Bradley County grand jury and charged with first degree murder. Subsequently, on July 18, 1975, the petitioner entered a guilty plea to the offense of second degree murder and was sentenced by the trial judge to 150 years’ imprisonment. On April 26, 1979, Wallace filed the present petition for post-conviction relief alleging numerous errors in the conviction process. Upon the motion of…